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minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months ago Framework laptops have open source firmware. The Talos II workstation (using an IBM power9 processor) is entirely open source including now its network card but that’s a $10,000 computer You can make a Chromebook fully open source but it takes a little work
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): including now its network card You can make a Chromebook fully open source Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoFramework laptops do not have open course firmware. They license their UEFI from Insyde. They have an open source EC, which, while it accomplishes similar things is not the firmware.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoIt’s the embedded controller. It sits on top of the UEFI and coordinates laptop hardware behaviors between the UEFI and the individual components. It controls things like “is lid sensor closed? Suspend”. Whereas the UEFI + OS actually handles the suspend.
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoembedded controller. it does some stuff and things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_controller#Tasks
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
including now its network card
You can make a Chromebook fully open source
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Framework laptops do not have open course firmware.
They license their UEFI from Insyde. They have an open source EC, which, while it accomplishes similar things is not the firmware.
What’s an EC?
It’s the embedded controller. It sits on top of the UEFI and coordinates laptop hardware behaviors between the UEFI and the individual components.
It controls things like “is lid sensor closed? Suspend”.
Whereas the UEFI + OS actually handles the suspend.
embedded controller. it does some stuff and things
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_controller#Tasks